The Alien Forehead Chocolate Collection

Here’s something you probably didn’t know about me. I like science fiction. I like good scifi and bad scifi, doesn’t matter. I can quote passages from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, I know what a Tasp is, I have a complete set of the original Stainless Steel Rat comic book adaptation ... I even read the novelization of Star Wars when I was 10. All that’s missing is actually writing science fiction novels. Oh, and I’ve seen every episode of Star Treks ... all the Star Treks (TOS, TAS, TNG, DS9, VOY & ENT).

So when I got a lovely box of chocolates from my co-workers for my birthday, my first thought when I saw them was, “My stars! They look like different foreheads of aliens on Star Trek. Seriously, look ... a Klingon ridge! Ferengi ear! Cardassian neck skin! (I know, it must be very hard to give me gifts.)

It’s not just the textures, it’s the dusting of food-safe iridescent powder that make me think of fantastic humanoid creatures from other planets. Perhaps they’re missing out on a marketing angle ... mm, Denobulan Spiced Chocolate!

The chocolates actually are lovely and tasty. They’re from Boule, who I go back and forth about. I love their Kalamansi fruit jellies and their ice cream. But sometimes the chocolates are a little, I don’t know, off to my tastes. Mostly I’m unhappy with their little button ones, which are molded. I seem to be happier with enrobed or dipped chocolates, which is happily what these were. Plus they’re expensive. But the best kind of fine chocolates you can get are fine chocolates as a gift.

(I think what might have pushed me to be so flippant with them was that there was no key for the chocolates. They were hand-picked, so we had the list that Patrice in my office made, but no guide as to which was which. So Patrice ended up calling them back and making them describe each and every one. I’m not sure if Boule has noticed, but they have a website and it wouldn’t be too difficult to put some little photos and descriptions up there.)

The fun part was that after photographing them, I shared them and I didn’t look at what they should have been or were supposed to be. I just ate them.

There you go, no review. I just ate some chocolates. And enjoyed them.

The aliens in clockwise order from upper left to lower right are (click the numbers to see the original images):

That’s great! Now that you mention it, I can totally see the resemblance. :D (I’m one of a family of Tekkies and Star Wars nuts… and other sci fi, like anything by Douglas Adams or Isaac Asimov, etc.) I especially like the Borg cube matchup.

Haaa! That’s hilarious! My limited experience with Star Trek includes old William Shatner episodes on Sunday afternoons and a movie my family was given. The one where the crew has to go back in time and bring some whales (humpback, I think) forward to appease some alien force that will destroy the world if they can’t communicate with the whales which were extinct (thus the time travel).

I’m hoping you can help me out. I’m on the hunt for Old Fashion Sour Candies. They come in a fruit salad mix but are slightly harder than the Sour Patch version and by far have a more sour taste. They come in cherry, lemon, orange, apple and grape (grape looks like a bunch of grapes). They’re pretty small and delicious. We have a chain here called Bulk Barn and they recently stopped carrying them now I can’t find them anywhere! PLease help! Thanks!

When I saw the title and photo in the feeds, my first thought was “wow, candy with lenticular images on the top. So cool! How’d they do that?” I didn’t even stop to wonder why they’d be alien heads. But now I get it: you’re kind of strange, you know that? :^)

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